How Do Domestic Herbivores Select Nutritious Diets on Rangelands?
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Cooperative Extension
Volume
5
Publication Date
1998
Recommended Citation
Howery, Larry D.; Provenza, Frederick D.; and Ruyle, George B., "How Do Domestic Herbivores Select Nutritious Diets on Rangelands?" (1998). Behavioral Education for Human, Animal, Vegetation, and Ecosystem Management (BEHAVE). Paper 52.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/behave/52
First Page
1
Last Page
8
Abstract
Animal learning has been shown to play a major role in the development of diet selection by domestic herbivores. Dr. Frederick Provenza and his associates at Utah State University have conducted a series of experiments over the past 15 years to learn how physiological and behavioral mechanisms govern diet selection. In this paper, we synthesize several key diet selection concepts presented in 4 recent articles (i.e., Provenza et al. 1992; Provenza 1995, 1996, 1997).